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Climber Robbie Phillips chances upon a little-known mountain in the very far north of Scotland whilst driving from east coast to west. After some research, Robbie discovers the mountain is called Ben Loyal, and that climbing legend Simon Nadin has been developing a couple of lines at the crag. Simon tells him that there is something very special up there..
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00:03Come on. Come on dude, come on. Keep going. Come on, wrestle out.
00:12I've got you mate, come on. Come on, I've got you.
00:19Good effort.
00:25That was a brilliant fight. Those moves are going to kill me.
00:32That was such a good effort. That's my last move. That's me done for the week.
00:39I don't know how to do that bit. I just haven't worked it out. I think sometimes you've just got
00:47to
00:48thrash and keep going. Good, I enjoyed it.
00:53Well, I'm glad I jumped on it in the end. I was feeling a bit knackered really.
00:58It'd be better to have succeeded but I wouldn't have to walk up that hill again.
01:04And that's probably the first proper lead of all I've taken on trad for a long time.
01:12Because I just get scared these days.
01:17Yeah, again, that's something that comes with not climbing enough and getting older, I guess.
01:26Just more aware of your mortality.
01:30Yeah.
01:31Perhaps.
01:47I'm sorry.
01:49I'm not sorry, guys, if you had any time where I get into places in the world.
02:01This has probably not happened in the future.

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